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Drought Tolerant

Drought-tolerant doesn’t mean water-free. Every variety on this page still needs regular watering for the first four to six weeks after sowing, while roots go down. Drought tolerance is a trait of the established, mature lawn, not the seedling.

Once established, the two groups here behave differently. Warm-season varieties like Kikuyu, Bermuda Couch and Buffalo Lawn Blend cope best with Australian heat and low water, but they go dormant (brown, not dead) over a cold winter. Cool-season options such as RTF Tall Fescue and Turf-Type Fescue send roots deep enough to ride out dry spells while staying greener through a temperate southern winter. For paddocks and grazing, McKays Tropical Horse Pasture Blend and Katambora Rhodes Grass are built for dry-country conditions rather than a mown lawn.

Match your pick to your climate first: warm-season for QLD, NSW and coastal properties, cool-season for Victoria, the tablelands and cooler pockets.

Before you buy:

New seed needs consistent watering for the first month or so, regardless of variety
Warm-season grasses go dormant and brown off over winter, that’s normal, not a fault
Sow warm-season seed once soil temperature is reliably above about 18 to 20°C
For paddocks, look at the pasture blends separately from the home lawn varieties

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